I
for one found it at the time of it's release to be the metaphorical
icing on the cake. Though not the theatrical epilogue to the series that
many of us hoped for, on the big screen it watched like a more pure
condensation of Lynch and Frost's central themes unadulterated by
willfully eccentric surrealism and quirky intrusions from
awww-shucksville. With the film we got back to the essence of the
story's concerns after the series' meandering half-season of
guest directors and their poor attempts at aping all things Lynchian.
(Tim Hunter of "River's Edge" fame was a nice exception within all of
that, his episodes still hit the right notes and dig deeper into the
heart of the world Frost/Lynch created). Hunter aside though, it's only
the Frost/Lynch episodes that really catch the spirit of the series and
it's magic-in-a-bottle concoction of mystery, melodrama, myth, ambiance and tone. It's
truncation due to ABC's cancellation and Lynch's hurried reconciliation
of the series in two episodes is still as abstract, brutal, emotionally
dissociative and heartbreaking to watch as it was over two decades ago. "Fire Walk With Me" acting as a reconciliation of sorts to the abrupt and
dramatically tragic series' end. For it's 20th anniversary, Alex
Pappademas of Grantland returned to the prequel with fresh eyes and
decades distance and finds it less a departure, and more true to what
David's cinematic world and it's concerns are really about, making for
an, "Anatomy of a Fascinating Disaster: Fire Walk With Me".

The release of these new restorations coinciding with this year's 22nd annual Twin Peaks Festival,
held as it is every year since 1993 at the locations featured most in
the series itself, the towns of North Bend and Snoqualmie. The three
days of the festival consisting of the annual movie night, site tours
and celebrity dinner and Q&A with select members of the series' cast
and creators. For this year's iteration guests include; Sherilyn Fenn
(Audrey Horne), Jennifer Lynch (author of the Secret Diary of Laura
Palmer), Chris Mulkey (Hank Jennings), James Marshall (James Hurley),
Kimmy Robertson (Lucy Moran), Wendy Robie (Nadine Hurley) and Charlotte
Stewart
(Betty Briggs), with the annual tradition of surprise guests (past
years have included Ray Wise and co-writer Bob Engels). And inaugurating
the
festival as they do every year the Seattle Art Museum hosts their
Lynch-themed night, "Twin Peaks/David Lynch: Coffee, Cherry Pie & The Dark Night of the Soul" with a screening of the new hi-definition print of the feature length film!﻿

Documenting adventures in explorative modern music, film, visual art, architecture, design and performance. Regardless of genre, class or style. Essentially thoughts, reflections and criticism on non-commercial contemporary artforms that come to my attention. Either through witnessing them here in my home city, while traveling abroad, or the journalistic work of others. As well as occasional interjections of existential, experiential, cultural or political enthusiasms and consternations that may crop up along the way. ie; Life.